STALINESQUE SHOW TRIAL OVER YUKOS OLIGARCHS OPENED IN MOSCOW The Kremlin has brought anew old embezzlement and money-laundering charges against Khodorkovsky & Lebedev, who face up to 30 years verdict in a Siberian and Archtic prisons when convicted as double jeapardy trials while the first trial verdict was illogical in it's substance accusations. Yukos CEO lawyers say the new charges are absurd and it would advisable to bring independant experts to judge accusations validity and legitimacy. There are serious doubts about having a fair trial as Stalin time remake of show trials reveals cinical attempt to keep them in prison well beyond their old release date mocks all Kremlin assertions about the rule of law and it seems that Kremlin’s leaders will not free Khodorkovsky in the near future while in power. On the other hand, there is still an alternative chance that this trial of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev will end in their acquittal if there will be a fully open and impartial trial and if there will be strict adherence to prescribed court procedures, the defendants would be found innocent of the absurd double indemnity false charges. View chronicle reels on Khodorkovsky saga as technologos webcinema and BBC docdrama:

     
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However, ex-Yukos oligarchs might get their revenge as the European Court of Human Rights agreed to examine charges against the Russian government brought by american former Yukos executives who are accusing Russia of expropriating Yukos assets and are seeking $42 billion in damages for its shareholders.